University of Cumbria- Theme 1: Skills Audit
Hi WILLIAM, when you submit this form, the owner will be able to see your name and email address.
1.Work in an identifiable visual language
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2.Be stylistically consistent
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5.Generate and select a range of ideas for a client
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6.Visualise ideas for a client
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7.Locate and appropriately use visual research where and when required
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8.Work across a broad range of subject areas
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9.Make amendments to work in response to feedback
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10.Undertake personal work
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11.Undertake self promotional work
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12.Select the appropriate software for a given task
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16.Use Adobe After Effects
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18.Use other Adobe CC software packages
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19.Use a scanner effectively
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20.Understand and correctly use resolution settings
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21.Save artwork in appropriate formats and colour modes
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23.Specify print requirements
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24.Prepare work for web/blog/social media use
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25.Manage your own portfolio website
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26.Create webpages and/or blog posts
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28.Communicate clearly in written form
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29.Communicate clearly in verbal form
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30.Manage time effectively
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32.Work quickly if and when required
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36.Adapt to change / moving goal posts
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37.Respond well to criticism
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FREELANCE BUSINESS SKILLS
38.Communicate with clients
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39.Ask questions and obtain necessary information from a client / take a brief
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40.Understand the commissioning process
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42.Negotiate terms / usage
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Hi WILLIAM, when you submit this form, the owner will be able to see your name and email address.
Answer: I’m a illustrator
2.Children's publishing - Create a diversity of characters and convincing environments
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3.Children's publishing - Depict a variety of convincing racial types
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4.Children's publishing - Use characters consistently
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5.Children's publishing - Depict expressions and moods
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6.Children's publishing - Interpret text
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7.Children's publishing - Create work a constant style
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8.Children's publishing - Understand sequencing and pacing
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9.Children's publishing - Make a dummy book
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10.Children's publishing - Make informed and suitable typeface choices
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11.Children's publishing - Position, integrate and manipulate type
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12.Children's publishing - Write / self author
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13.Children's publishing - Work to tight deadline
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14.Children's publishing - Work to tight deadline
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15.Comics - Develop and sustain storyline over pages and spreads
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16.Comics - Understand how to structure a book / comic
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17.Comics - Create a dummy copy
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18.Comics - Understand the function and relationship between text and image
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19.Comics - Select and integrate type
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20.Comics - Create visually consistent visuals
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21.Book Jackets - Interpret narrative / thematic content
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22.Book Jackets - Compose text and image within the limited available space
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23.Book Jackets - Create bespoke hand rendered text
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24.Editorial illustration - Work quickly
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25.Editorial illustration - Quickly develop and explore a variety of ideas
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26.Editorial illustration - Quickly visualise ideas
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27.Editorial illustration - Work with a diverse subject range
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28.Editorial illustration - Respond well to feedback and criticism
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29.Editorial illustration - Quickly amend work in response to feedback
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30.Ethics: How well do you consider inclusivity of race, gender and sexuality in the designs you create?
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31.Ethics: How well do you feel you consider understand and avoid the pitfalls of plagiarism?
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32.Add any comments or considerations not already
33.Personal Approach: Do you prefer highly-structured or more open assignments?
Highly structured assignments
Answer: Either is fine with me
34.Personal Approach: Do you prefer short assignment or longer, more in-depth ones?
Answer: Whatever comes along
35.Personal Approach: How confident are you in instigating your own work? (i.e. self-generated work, not set by a client or tutors)
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36.Typography: How confident are you in recognising different character traits (e.g. Sans-Serif, Serif type, Bold, Medium, Condensed, etc.) and the anatomical names for parts of typographic characters?
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37.Typography: How confident are you in selecting different typefaces that work together as contrasting pairs? (e.g. headlines and bodytext)
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38.Typography: How confident are you in creating structured hierarchies of text?
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39.Typography: How confident are you in the use type to create expression, visual interest and mood?
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40.Typography: How confident are you in your knowledge and use of typographic terminology?
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41.Design: How confident are you in creating effective and attractive splash pages for print and screen?
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42.Design: How confident are you in styling large amounts of text to maximise legibility and readability in print and on-screen?
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43.Design: How confident are you in using stand-firsts, pull-quotes, headings, sub-headings and box-outs in print and on-screen?
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44.Design: How confident are you in your knowledge and understanding of RGB and CMYK colour-spaces and their use?
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45.Design Process: How confident are you in identifying the constraints and opportunities in a brief?
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46.Design Process: How confident are you instigating research and lines of enquiry relevant to the brief
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47.Design Process: How confident are you in visualising your ideas clearly and effectively? (i.e. do your visuals communicate your intentions)
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48.Design Process: How confident are you making decisions about the relevance and suitability of your ideas?
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49.Design Process: How effective are you in developing selected ideas, thoroughly and systematically?
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50.Design Process: How confident are you in making value judgements about your development work?
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51.Design Process: How confident are you in the selection and use software appropriate to the design format? (i.e. which programme to use for what task)
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52.Design Process: How confident are you in the creation presentation materials to distribute online? (e.g. PowerPoint, Keynote, PDF, etc.)
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53.Design Process: How confidently can you present work and advocate for your ideas in person?
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54.Ethics: How well do you consider inclusivity of race, gender and sexuality in the designs you create?
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55.Ethics: How well do you feel you consider understand and avoid the pitfalls of plagiarism?
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56.Ethics: How well do you feel you consider the environmental impact of the design work you undertake?
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57.Ethics: How well do you feel you consider the moral issues and effects of the design work you undertake?
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58.Add any comments or considerations not already covered.
This is what I’ve written in the second part of the self assessment of what I am strongest at with skills in illustration and graphic design. Then I’ll be on to the third and fourth part of the assessment.